| Prof | Steven Y. M. | Chen | Faculty of Automation, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (GDUPT) | China | Mobility, Localization and Management Aspects | Energy internet | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Tarak | Nandy | Lovely Professional University | India | IOT Security and Trust | Security and privacy | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Sangeetha | Gopinath | Royal College of Engineering and Technology | India | Others | Wireless Communication(MIMO OFDM) | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammad H. | Mamduhi | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 5G Networks and IOT | 5G-enabled V2X for Vehicular Networks | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | David | Benet Ferrus | Independent Researcher | Spain | Adaptive Systems and Models at Runtime | Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Brahim | Haddad | Udes/cder | Algeria | Others | Renewble energy | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Manzoor | Ahmed | Hubei Engineering University Xiaogan | China | Others | Vehicular Communication Networks | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Salam | Yasser | Altinbas university | Iraq | Others | Communication/Wireless communication/Multi-access systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamed Akram | Khelili | Numidia Institute of Technology | Algeria | Others | Deep Learning and IOT | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Bülent | Bilgehan | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | Turkey | Wearables, Body Sensor Networks, Smart Portable Devices | signals and systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sajjad Ahmad | Khan | Istanbul Technical University (ITU) | Turkey | 5G Networks and IOT | Radio Resource Management (RRM) in Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets) | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | T. | Saravanan | GITAM (Deemed to be University) | India | Edge Computing, Fog Computing and IOT | Enhancing investigations in data migration and security using sequence cover cat and cover particle swarm optimization in the fog paradigm | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Muge | Erel-Ozcevik | Manisa Celal Bayar University | Turkey | Software Defined Network (SDN) and IOT | CDN | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mahmoud | Ragab | Faculty of Computing and Information Technology King Abdulaziz University | Saudi Arabia | 5G Networks and IOT | Data Science IoET | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Ammar Awad | Mutlag | Ministry of Education/ General Directorate of Curricula/ Pure science department/ Computer curriculum and E-learning center | Iraq | Sensors Data Management, IOT Mining and Analytics | IOT, Cloud Computing, Fog Computing, Machine learning, AI | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Sevia | Idrus | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | Software Defined Network (SDN) and IOT | Access Network | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maysa | Shalaby | Tanta University and Egyptian Environmental affairs agency | Egypt | Others | Microbiology and bio nanotechnology / Fungi / water treatment | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Sharhabeel | Alnabelsi | Al Ain University | United Arab Emirates | IOT Protocols and Standards | Low Complexity (Linear Complexity) Routing Rate-Jamming-Spectrum Aware protocols | Excellence in Research |
| Prof Dr | Jinguang | Han | Southeast University | China | IOT Security and Trust | Privacy, Access Control, Applied Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Ahmed | Kheir | Agricultural Research Center | Egypt | Machine to Machine (M2M) | food security | Best Researcher Award |